Schmitt Susan who is Sr. VP, HR at Rockwell Automation sold 3,600 shares at $112.33 on Nov. 12, 2013. Following this transaction, the Sr. VP, HR owned 12,475 shares meaning that the stake was reduced by 22.4% with the 3,600 share transaction.

The shares most recently traded at $112.89, up $0.56, or 0.5% since the insider transaction. Historical insider transactions for Rockwell Automation go as follows:

12-Week # shares sold: 992

24-Week # shares sold: 15,492

The average volume for Rockwell Automation has been 696,300 shares per day over the past 30 days. Rockwell Automation has a market cap of $15.6 billion and is part of the industrial goods sector and industrial industry. Shares are up 34.48% year to date as of the close of trading on Tuesday.

Rockwell Automation, Inc. provides industrial automation power, control, and information solutions. It operates in two segments, Architecture & Software and Control Products & Solutions. The stock currently has a dividend yield of 2.06%. The company has a P/E ratio of 19.7. Currently there are 4 analysts that rate Rockwell Automation a buy, 1 analyst rates it a sell, and 6 rate it a hold.

TheStreet Quant Ratings rates Rockwell Automation as a buy. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its solid stock price performance, growth in earnings per share, revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures and expanding profit margins. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company shows weak operating cash flow. Get the full Rockwell Automation Ratings Report from TheStreet Quant Ratings now.